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Chapter 134 [A Thousand Mile Journey (2)] (6400)

Chapter 2 [A Thousand Mile Journey (6400)] ()

Towering green mountains, peaks and ridges one upon another!
Chen Yan and Gu Qingyi stood shoulder to shoulder on the Great Wall, holding onto the parapets amid the crowd, looking at the layers of green mountains in the distance. Chen Yan actually had an indescribable sense of heroism in his heart.

Our ancestors are mighty!
It was also his first time to visit the Great Wall - or more precisely, his first time to visit Beijing.

He was a poor student before, and even poorer after graduation, living in a shared apartment in an urban village for a few hundred yuan a month, earning an internship salary. How could he afford to travel?
If we don’t count the previous trip to Gangcheng (the two trips to Gangcheng were considered business), this trip north with Gu Qingyi was the first time in Chen Yan’s life that he had traveled such a long distance.

The Great Wall is a popular scenic spot. In fact, it is always crowded with people at any time of the year. From the entrance of the scenic spot, the crowds are packed.

The two followed the crowd up and walked for about half an hour before standing on the city wall under a beacon tower to look at the scenery.

Chen Yan was sighing about the great achievements of his ancestors, but Gu Qingyi had a solemn expression. After looking around, he began to think and talk in a low voice.

What would happen if three hundred elite soldiers were hidden here? That place is the highest, what would the effect be if two hundred long-range crossbowmen were deployed there? This place has the widest terrain, and horses can run on the city walls. If an enemy attacks, how will the message be transmitted from afar, and how will rescue be provided nearby...

No! The tourists next to her were posing for photos, but this woman was actually calculating the practical uses of the Great Wall?

Chen Yan pulled the corner of his mouth and whispered: "You..."

"After I return, if nothing unexpected happens, I will go to Santai Baguan Shiliu Town to serve as the deputy commander." Gu Qingyi smiled and shook his head, saying, "I was so engrossed in watching for a while that I couldn't help but think of this."

Chen Yan nodded and looked at Gu Qingyi.

This girl, who is only twenty-one, seems to have pushed herself too hard.

At the age of sixteen, she went to the Prison Platform to fight. While sixteen-year-old girls in this world were still chasing their idols, Gu Qingyi was sighing at the warmth of the blood sprayed on her face...

In pursuit of strength, she ran out of the realm to find herself. A 21-year-old girl, she arranged a ghost marriage for herself!
Most girls in this world hold beautiful expectations for their marriage and love. However, 21-year-old Gu Qingyi, in pursuit of power, married a dead man, just to conform to the Way of Heaven, to cast off her shackles, and pursue her own path!
"Actually, I've never seriously asked you anything before." Chen Yan hesitated for a moment, then slowly asked, "Why...are you doing this?"

"what?"

"Do all of this, everything." Chen Yan frowned and said, "At the age of sixteen, I went to the Prison Platform to experience fighting and suffering for five years. At the age of twenty-one, I was forced to marry a man who had been dead for many years..."

As he spoke, Chen Yan turned around and looked at the woman beside him: "Why?"

"To pursue spiritual practice, to pursue the path of heaven."

"And why is it the path of cultivation and the way of heaven?"

This time Gu Qingyi didn't say anything, her beautiful eyebrows were slightly furrowed.

After a long while, Gu Qingyi let out a sigh of relief.

"In order to make myself stronger, stronger, and stronger forever!"

Chen Yan looked into Gu Qingyi's eyes: "Becoming powerful, and what is the purpose?"

Gu Qingyi was silent for a while: "I started practicing when I was very young. My family told me that I was a member of the Gu family. Carrying the surname of the Gu family, the more glorious the family is, the heavier the burden I have to bear.

I didn’t understand these things at first - well, how could a child of a few years old understand these things?

I remember that before I started practicing Falun Gong, my father treated me the best of all the people in my family. He doted on me and tolerated my pampering. Even if I made mistakes or got into trouble, my mother would get angry and punish me...

But as long as I acted coquettishly to my father or smiled sweetly, he would just laugh it off for my mistakes. He would also try his best to protect me in front of my mother, and then he would hold me and go out to play.

No matter what I want, whether it is reasonable or unreasonable, my father will always try his best to satisfy me.

He was a great cultivator in the Yuanshen realm. He was a strict father to his other brothers, but he doted on me. When I was a child, he even lay on the ground to play the horse-riding game with me. He was a great cultivator in the Yuanshen realm, but he let me ride on his neck.

But after I started practicing... the one who was the strictest towards me in my family was my father!!
At that time, my tears and my smile were all useless in front of my father.

I remember how hard it was when I first started practicing. I cried every day. The pain from practicing the physical techniques was unbearable. I knelt in front of my father and cried loudly, rolling on the ground begging for mercy. The uncles and aunts who taught me the exercises would all feel sorry for me, and my mother would be so heartbroken that she couldn't sleep all night.

But my father, who had always doted on me the most, refused to show any mercy or indulgence towards me at that time!

The person who disciplined and supervised me the most severely was my father.

Sometimes I even wondered why my father, who used to dote on me so much, became so hard-hearted to me after I started practicing.

It was not until later that I realized that my father doted on me so much because he loved me.

My father once said that as a direct descendant of the Gu family, my fate in this life has been determined, and my future life is destined to be a sea of blood and corpses, with a road full of thorns!

The only happy time was probably the few years when I was young, before I started practicing.

So my father used to dote on me in every way - because he understood that it was the most carefree and happiest period of my life, and... it was only that period of time.

After I started practicing, my father was extremely strict with me. If I didn't practice well, my father's punishment and beatings would never be lightened!
My father said that if he was even a little soft-hearted towards me and let me slack off in my cultivation, it might cost me my life when I become the governor in the future!
When I was ten years old, I had made some progress in my spiritual practice. My father was very pleased and said that I was the genius of the Gu family.

One day, a sudden thought came to my mind and I asked my father a question.

I asked: Heaven has determined the number of saints to be forty-two. Why is that?

There are many geniuses in the domain. Countless people are obviously very talented. After they have cultivated to the great perfection of the Yuanshen realm, they are stuck before the sainthood - they obviously have enough talent and can obviously cultivate to the sainthood.

But because of the will of heaven, countless talented people have wasted their lives and are unable to achieve the status of a saint!

If the geniuses in the realm are not bound by the Heavenly Dao, then my realm will have many saints and venerables. Then, will we still need to worry about the Three Platforms, Eight Passes, and Sixteen Towns? We still need to worry..."

Chen Yan was shocked when he heard this!
Gu Qingyi's idea was exactly the same as what the old fox Su Yi had said to him before, when Chen Jue pointed at the sky and cursed the way of heaven!
Gu Qingyi paused at this point and whispered, "I was young and ignorant at the time, so I asked my father these questions. Why did the Heavenly Dao restrict us in this way and set up such shackles? It has caused the people of the domain to suffer for generations."

"...Then what?" Chen Yan asked in a low voice.

"I remember that when my father heard what I said, his face turned very ugly. He severely punished me and made me receive the family discipline.

But that night, my father came to my training room and brought me medicine. He told me that I must never say such words again, let alone have such thoughts again!

Chen Yan stopped talking.

He also remembered what Su Yi had said.

Su Yi also commented on Chen Jue's rebellious words against Tiangang: There are countless talented people in the domain over the years, countless generations of geniuses, and countless people who clearly have the talent and ability to advance to the sainthood, but are stuck by the rules and waste their lives - countless generations of geniuses, has no one ever questioned this rule?
Of course there are many!

"My father warned me that day and made me swear a solemn oath on the spot. From then on, I would never say such words again, let alone have such thoughts..."

Gu Qingyi said this, but smiled and said: "But at the moment I am not in the domain, but in your world. I am not under the jurisdiction of the domain heaven, so it is not a foul to say this here."

Chen Yan nodded: "And then?"

"Then..." Gu Qingyi's eyes were a little blurry. "Then, I practiced hard. No matter how painful or tiring it was, I endured it. Until I was sent to the Prison Platform!"

As he spoke, Gu Qingyi looked at Chen Yan and said, "Do you know how I got to the Prison Platform?"

Without waiting for Chen Yan to speak, Gu Qingyi sighed and said, "I rushed over on my own.

The Prison Platform is the most dangerous of the three platforms, eight passes, and sixteen towns. My Gu family cultivates combat techniques, and as generations of immortal platform warriors, we send each generation of our children to the most dangerous places to hone their skills!
Otherwise, if the tactics are not honed, there will be no great achievements.

If you don’t achieve enough in tactics, you won’t be able to become a general in the future and will naturally die quickly!
So I know that my father is strict with me because it is actually for my own good.

At that time, when people were being selected to train at the Zhenyutai, there was only one spot available for my child.

That spot was originally supposed to belong to my father's eldest son, my eldest brother.

But my eldest brother is not as talented as me, and he practiced martial arts to force his way through the barriers in his early years, which left some hidden dangers. I knew that if he went to the Prison-Suppressing Platform, he might get into trouble, so I took the initiative to volunteer to go to the Prison-Suppressing Platform in my eldest brother's place.

My eldest brother felt sorry for me and refused to give in, so I had a fight with him and defeated him, leaving everyone speechless.

That day, when I was scheduled to go to the prison, my mother cried her eyes out, but my father didn't shed a single tear.

It was not until he personally sent me to the Prison-Suppressing Platform that he told me that he had high expectations of me. He was waiting for me to return triumphantly from the Prison-Suppressing Platform and become the youngest person in the history of the Gu family to reach the Heavenly Man Realm!

My father also told me that I was the most talented among his children and he always had the highest hopes for me.

Although I am a girl and not a boy, my father has never had any prejudice against men and women. He has high hopes for me. If I can cultivate to a high enough level in the future, he is even willing to pass on the position of head of the family to me, bypassing my brothers.

On the Prison Suppression Platform, my father told me before leaving that he was waiting for me to break through the Heavenly Man Realm!

If that day comes, he will definitely drink three cups to celebrate."

When she said this, Gu Qingyi's tone became cold, but Chen Yan saw that her eyes were slightly red.

Chen Yan's heart twitched!
"When I was twenty years old, I was on the Prison Suppression Platform. During the battle, I broke through and was promoted to the Celestial Being! After the battle, I returned home as per custom. The Immortal Platform of the Realm has a law that requires everyone who has been promoted to the Celestial Being to return home. After that, the Immortal Platform will redeploy them to the platform that needs to replenish their combat power.

I was able to return home, but I didn't know until I got home that after I went to the prison, my father received a transfer order from Sendai to serve as the commander of Tiesuoguan.

I waited at home for several months before my father returned.

My father guarded the Iron Chain Pass for several years, engaging in numerous fierce battles with… But just before his return, a fierce battle to break through the pass lasted for dozens of days. In that battle, my father was severely injured, and his life force was shattered.

The great cultivator at the Yuanshen realm and the head of the Gu family has lost all his cultivation. Moreover, because of the damage to his vitality, even his life span is not long.

For the rest of my life, I can only return home and be a person with no cultivation and a serious illness, suffering from the pain and waiting to die. Chen Yan breathed a sigh of relief... It's good to be alive.

Gu Qingyi said slowly, "When my father returned home, he knew that I had already reached the Celestial Realm. Despite being seriously injured and still not fully recovered, he drank three glasses of strong liquor that night and later vomited blood and passed out.

He was unconscious for a day, and when he woke up, he signed a document and prayed to his ancestors to appoint me as the next head of the Gu family."

Chen Yan nodded: "So you pursue strength in order to take over as the head of the Gu family in the future?"

Gu Qingyi took a deep breath and looked at the green mountains in the distance.

"I, Gu Qingyi, have three great wishes in my life!
I wish to take over as the head of the Gu family, protect my clansmen, and continue the glory of the Gu family - but, this requires me to have great strength to do so!

So my second wish...

"Second wish: Heaven's way is ruthless and cultivation is difficult, but I can go against the current and have a smooth road! There are only a few Saint positions. If the Venerable position is full, it would be fine! But as long as there is a vacant Saint position, even if there are thousands of practitioners in the domain, the next one to be promoted to Sainthood will be me, Gu Qingyi!"

Chen Yan looked at the girl's resolute expression and whispered, "So, what about the third wish?"

Gu Qingyi took a deep breath and spoke each word with murderous intent.

"Kill them all!"

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Chen Yan understood that the "they" that Gu Qingyi was referring to were naturally those "evil spirits".

Ever since Su Yi told him about Chen Jue’s past experiences, Chen Yan realized that all the races in the domain have been fighting against an existence called "祟".

As for what these things were specifically, Su Yi refused to say—Gu Qingyi also refused to say. She also made it clear that she would not tell herself too much about the domain, so as not to let herself be affected by the cause and effect.

However, at this moment Chen Yan also felt Gu Qingyi's strong determination!
The Gu family is a family of Xiantai warriors. Generations of people have fought against the "evil spirit", and it is probably unknown how many generations have been killed or injured.

Gu Qingyi's father was seriously injured and became a disabled person in the battle with the "Evil Spirit" - according to Gu Qingyi, all his cultivation was gone, and coupled with his serious injuries, he naturally did not have the lifespan of a cultivator, and he probably would not live for much longer.

Being so deeply hated, it is inevitable that Gu Qingyi's determination to pursue the Tao and his desire to pursue powerful strength are so urgent!

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After coming down from the Great Wall, both of them were actually feeling a little heavy.

But then Chen Yan drove Gu Qingyi to the city center of Beijing, found an old Beijing restaurant, and finally had a meal that was said to be authentic Beijing cuisine.

After eating the legendary fried noodles with soybean paste, Chen Yan felt that it was actually okay - he was not from the north and did not have too much obsession with noodles.

However, Chen Yan found the sweets like donkey rolls and pea yellow very delicious.

Gu Qingyi praised the "Donkey Rolls" highly and after eating a big meal, he even packed up two servings.

After eating and drinking, the depressing atmosphere caused by the memories of their conversation on the Great Wall finally dissipated.

After finding a hotel, Chen Yan checked in alone, and then asked Gu Qingyi to go upstairs to the room by herself, and they stayed there.

After returning to the hotel room, although the two were still a little cramped, they had already shared a room that night in Rizhao. At this moment, they felt a little more relaxed and not as awkward as the first night.

The two of them took turns going out for a walk, leaving the other one to take a shower in the room.

Chen Yan was thinking that he had visited the Great Wall during the day, and that the TV in the hotel room at night was a Xiaomi smart network TV, so he simply turned it on and found a movie called "The Great Wall" shot by a national master a few years ago.

Click to show it to Gu Qingyi.

Speaking of which, the plot of that movie was terrible, and the emotions and connotations it conveyed were even more disgusting: a white thief came to save the Dragon Kingdom, and then had an ambiguous relationship with the female general of the Dragon Kingdom...

A lowly thief among the white people was able to save the fate of the Dragon Kingdom from being an emperor to a subject, and in the process, he also conquered the women of the Dragon Kingdom?!
This kind of plot and the values it conveys are full of the stench of white supremacy!
But apart from that, the war scenes on the Great Wall in this movie are also quite unique - apart from the other skills of the national master, his arrangement of large scenes and the impact of colors are his signature skills.

It's the only bright spot in this terrible movie.

After the movie was over, Gu Qingyi shook his head and commented: "It's terrible!"

Then, she turned around and looked at Chen Yan lying on the bed next to her: "Let's go tomorrow..."

Having said that, Gu Qingyi closed his mouth and frowned.

Chen Yan had already closed his eyes and seemed to have fallen asleep.

Gu Qingyi was a little confused - considering Chen Yan's physical strength after being nourished by his vital energy, although driving and traveling in the past two days were tiring, it was impossible for him to be tired to this extent.

Gu Qingyi jumped off the bed, walked to Chen Yan, squinted his eyes and looked at Chen Yan, and finally his face changed.

There were some flaws in Chen Yan's luck, and although his breathing was steady, his breath was a little heavier than usual.

Gu Qingyi reached out and touched Chen Yan's forehead.

"..."

Gu Qingyi felt a little uneasy - Chen Yan actually had a fever?

She thought quickly and suddenly came to her senses.

Today is March 7th!
Last month, the two of them were sick - on February 5th, they both fell ill and had a fever!

Heaven will punish you!

Gu Qingyi frowned and sat down beside Chen Yan's bed.

February is a leap month with only twenty-eight days, so when the Heavenly Law’s reckoning breaks out in March, it will be on March 7th!
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Chen Yan woke up in a daze, his forehead was wet, but also felt cool.

He reached out and felt a wet towel pressed against his forehead.

Chen Yan's head was groggy. He took off his towel and tried to sit up. Then he heard Gu Qingyi whisper, "There's water by the bed. Have a drink."

Chen Yan turned around and saw Gu Qingyi lying on the bed next to him. Her pretty face had an unusual blush on it. She was wrapped in a quilt and looked at him with a wry smile.

Chen Yan's heart moved, and then he quickly reacted: "Heaven's reckoning?"

"Yeah." Gu Qingyi sighed: "We all seem to have forgotten about this matter."

Chen Yan sighed, put his pillow upright and pressed it against his back, leaned against the headboard, took a glass of water beside the bed and drank it in one gulp, then looked at Gu Qingyi: "How are you?"

"My attack came later than yours, perhaps because my cultivation is higher, so I have a stronger resistance." Gu Qingyi shook her head, her voice a little tired. "There's a thermometer and fever-reducing medicine on the table. Although we all used the medicine last month, it won't have any therapeutic effect, but it can alleviate the symptoms and make people feel a little relieved."

Her voice was noticeably dry. "I also bought some vitamin tablets, and throat lozenges, in case I have a bad cough and a sore throat."

Chen Yan looked at a plastic bag on the table, which clearly had the logo of a pharmacy on it.

"You... went out and bought it?"

"What else? Could the medicine just fly here on its own?"

"Uh..." Chen Yan laughed and said, "I forgot to tell you that the app for ordering takeout can actually be used to buy medicine - it can be delivered to your door just like takeout."

Gu Qingyi rolled her eyes, turned over in bed, and lay on her side facing Chen Yan: "It's too late for you to say it now."

"...Thank you for your hard work." Chen Yan smiled bitterly: "You are sick yourself, and you went out to buy medicine and put a wet towel on my head."

Gu Qingyi snorted: "I am your stepmother, and it is my duty to take care of you when you are sick!"

"...So, this is called motherly love as high as a mountain, right?" Chen Yan smiled weakly.

It was the first day of their fever, and both of them were feeling the worst. They were too listless to even make a joke.

Chen Yan stood up, grabbed the wet towel and went to the bathroom to rinse it with cold water again, then picked up a clean one and rinsed it with cold water as well.

Back in the room, Chen Yan put a towel on Gu Qingyi's forehead, then covered his forehead with the towel and lay back on his bed.

"Our plans to go out and play are on hold for now. We'll be stuck in this hotel for the next few days recuperating." Chen Yan sighed, "But I still have the prescription that Lao Deng next door gave me. I'll go out tomorrow and find a Chinese medicine pharmacy to get you some medicine. Well, if I remember correctly, you were sick last month when you had your period... That medicine is exactly what you need."

Gu Qingyi blushed and gritted her teeth, "Hey, Chen Yan! Is it appropriate for you to talk about this topic with me, your stepmother?"

"Forget it, what's the point of a legitimate mother? Those are just a way to fool the heavens into giving you a marriage."

Chen Yan lay down and said slowly, "We've been living together these days, so we're roommates and friends after all. Don't always act like a stepmother in front of me. You're so young, and you insist on acting like an old, mature elder. I'm tired of you, too."

Gu Qingyi's eyes were somewhat guilty. "Am I... not a good mother? I spent my own energy to make a life-saving talisman for you. I also cared about you and Lu Sisi's affairs, and even more about your marriage and the future of your children... These are my responsibilities as a legitimate mother, and I have done them all."

"Yeah, the level is very high, as high as a three-year-old playing house." Chen Yan smiled: "Okay, let's all rest and sleep. One or two of them are running a fever, so go to sleep quickly - when you are sick, sleep is the most nourishing thing."

Seeing that Gu Qingyi was about to refute, Chen Yan immediately turned over with his back to her and deliberately snored.

Gu Qingyi swallowed back the words she wanted to refute, but there was still a hint of unwillingness on her little face.

Am I... not doing well enough as a legitimate mother?

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[I know you need an ID card to visit the Great Wall, but considering that there are two practitioners, it is not difficult to evade the entrance of the scenic area. I will not elaborate on such unimportant details.]

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(End of this chapter)